This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph by Durston Saylor shows a recreation of the breakfast setting used by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 while staying at Blair House. Blair House is located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and is known as the President's Guest House. Visiting diplomats and dignitaries stay at Blair House while on official visits with the White House and is historically where the president-elect and first family reside prior to taking the oath of office. Anna Weatherly made the china used for the setting at a table in the Blair House library. The Queen chose to have her breakfast in the library instead of the many dining rooms in the Blair House complex.

This photograph is a place setting from the Obama state service laid out for the state dinner honoring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March 2016.

This photograph is of the East Room decorated for the state dinner honoring Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March 2016. The Obama state china is visible on the tables.

This photograph is of First Lady Michelle Obama presenting the new state service in the China Room of the White House in April 2015. A Madison plate can be seen on the table. The Obama china drew inspiration from previous state services, including the Madison china.

This photograph is of tables in the Red Room set with the Johnson state china service in preparation for a State Dinner in January 1976 honoring the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel.

This photograph is of the president's place setting for the state dinner held in honor of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on March 10, 2016. The plate is from the Obama state service.

This photograph of First Lady Nancy Reagan's place setting was taken by Joseph H. Bailey for the National Geographic Service on June 21, 1982, in the State Dining Room at a luncheon for the ladies of the Senate.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of a table at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China, which took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is a close up of the glassware and plate in a place setting for the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of a place setting with a menu card at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China, which took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. Two roses decorate the cover of the menu card. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of the President's place setting at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is a close up of President Barack Obama's place card at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of the glassware at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is a close up of First Lady Michelle Obama's place card at the State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations. The setting includes state china service chosen by the Clinton family for the 200th Anniversary of the White House.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of a State Dinner honoring President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China. The event took place in the State Dining Room on September 25, 2015. The famous portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, painted by George Healy hangs over the mantel. A rose, the emblem of the dinner represented throughout, serves to represent the respect and friendship between the two nations.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of a dinner plate that was created in 2015, and inspired by an 1806 service plate of Secretary of State James Madison. The leaf fronds and pinwheels in the French Empire style portrayed in white relief along the lip of the plate were inspired by the Madison china. This plate is a representation of First Lady Michelle Obama's desire to incorporate an old, historic style with modern design.

This color photograph by Matthew D'Agostino is of a soup tureen in the Obama state service. Created in 2015, this tureen is a new addition to the traditional service ware used for a State Dinner, and represents First Lady Michelle Obama's successful attempt to incorporate modern food service and design with historic characteristics. The design, inspired by an 1806 service plate of Secretary of State James Madison is portrayed in white relief above the fluted Kailua Blue and gold trim. This plate is a representation of First Lady Michelle Obama's desire to incorporate an old, historic style with modern design. When speaking with the culinary staff, Mrs. Obama was made aware of the chefs' difficulty with serving soup at State Dinners past because of a lack of the proper service ware. Because of this, Mrs. Obama included the tureen as a practical application previously unknown to State Dinners.